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C. R. STICKNEY.

Match Box and Candtestick.

Not 65,445. Patented Juhe 4. 1867.

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" CURTIS R. STICKNEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 65,445, dated June 1867 dip: fidntth ninth] in itflgrstihttcrs 35min a mating int-t at its SW2.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CURTIS R. STICKNEY, of Hartford, in the county ofHill'tfOlth'Ii-hd State of Connecticut, have invented anew and improvedMatch-Box and Candlestick Combined; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 shows a side view of the improved match-box and candlestickcombined.

Figure 2 shows a top. view of the same.

Figure 3 shows a vertical section through the middle.

Figure 4 shows a horizontal section on the line in n.

Like letters in the several figures indicate like parts.

My invention consists in combininga match-box and a self-actingcandlestick in a portable form, suitable to be carried in the pocket.Also in the arrangement of the parts of the candlestick, and giving tothe cover of the candle-tube a form proper to receive and protect thewick of the enclosed candle.

A is the tube or case forming the match-box, which is supplied with acover of ordinary construction, with a hinge at a, and secured whenclosed by a snap at Z1. Bis the candle-tube, which is constructed asfollows: cl is the' outside shell, to which is attached the match-tube,and to which the cover I) is attachedhy the hinge a, and which also hasa snap at c for securing the cover when closed. 0 is an inside tube,which slides into the tube d from the top. It is shown in the drawingsof the same length as the tube (Z, and is held in place by its frictionon d, or by a projection on its lower edge catching into a groove uponthe inside of the tube d. At the top the tube e has a lip turned over onthe inside to retain the candle C, and prevent its being pushed out bythe spiral spring 8, provided with a cap, f, which continually pressesit upward. The cover D is rounded up in the middle so as to form areceptacle for thewick when the cover is closed, preserving it in asuitable condition for relighting. The candle C is pushed up by thespring s as it is consumed, so that the top is always at the sameheight. When it is desired to replace the candle, the tube e is removedby inserting some convenient instrument under the lip at the top anddrawing it upward out of the tube (Z, when a new candle can be insertedand the tube replaced. The roughened surface E on thcoutside of the caseis placed upon one of the tubes of the outside case in such a manner, asshown in the drawings, that the other tuboservos as a guide for thematch passed along its surface and prevents it from slipping oil.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- I 1. I claim the combination of a match-box and self-actingcandlestick when formed of two parallel tubes substantially as hereinset forth.

2. I claim the combination of the tube e with the outside shell (Z, andthe cover D, substantially as herein described and for the purpose setforth.

3. I claim the cover 1), having a receptacle for the-wick of the candle,substantially as herein described.

4. I claim the placing of the roughened surface E in such a positionthat one of the tubes shall serve as a guide for the match when passedover its surface, substantially as herein described.

CURTIS R. STIOKNEY.

Witnesses:

HIRAM G. Looms, Tune. G. ELLIs.

